Salvage operations on the remaining six barges floating or submerged near the Marseilles Dam is still going on. On Tuesday, three tug boats removed the first submerged barge from the water near the dam.

"They are beginning some recovery with the barges," said Chief Hovious. "Where they're at, it's ongoing. It's a challenge."

Many of Marseilles' 4,100 residents say, in the past, they've only seen basement flooding, not the 6-8 feet of water that's flooding the first floor of many buildings.